#Somnambula

[heilos]

Living Harmony AU relevant character sheets/info: Harmony aka the "Tree of Harmony" Stygian Shadow Lock Starswirl the Bearded Somnambula is the next pillar up on the list with an updated design, courtesy of my buddy Ori, and a fresh character sheet from me. Her and Mistmane are the two pillars that ended up getting a species swap with their rewritten backstories for this AU. Bat ponies were super underutilized in the MLP G4 show and the idea of Somnambula and her town being mostly made up of Egyptian fruit bat ponies was super fun to think about. Listed below is some character and story context for these sketches provided by my myself and Ori like usual. Hope you enjoy!

Pillar of Aspiration

Bat pony from ancient Neighgypt

Comes from a village made up of mostly bat ponies with some of the other standard pony races sprinkled in and a healthy population of anubis style diamond dogs

Not a princess, but the equivalent of high nobility in her culture. Had cash to burn and was very generous in giving her wealth to the less fortunate in her village be it money, food, clothing etc...

Was also an advisor to the Pharaoh and Prince Hisan

Her village was trapped in a collective dream by a huge mythical Sphinx that hails from the dream realm. It would have turned Somnambula’s ponies into dreamless husks had she not broken free and solved the Sphinx’s riddles, which were the basis of its magic.

Somnambula’s artifact, the Sphinx’s Crescent Moon, is a trinket she stole straight from the Sphinx’s headpiece. Affixing it to her tiara, it allows her free travel between the dreaming and physical realms. Though, spending so much time in the Dream Realm as a mortal pony has its consequences…

Gained a weird aura about her after breaking the Sphinx’s spell. A small radius around her is folded into dream space, which makes it difficult to perceive her normally. She’s essentially a friendly cognitohazard. Take a good look, because you won’t be able to recall her face later. Lucid dreamers can see past this effect.

Has a somewhat eerie quality to her that she likes to play up. Dispenses philosophical queries just to mess with ponies such as: “Perhaps I am merely a fruit bat dreaming that she is a pony” or “Perhaps this is a dream, you don’t know!”

Has sharp teeth, but they’re meant for biting into fruits. Sometimes will joke about "gobbling" someone up if they get too close

Sleeps like a regular bat by hanging upside down. The bottom of bat pony hooves can grip many different surfaces for this purpose

Firmly believes in making your dreams into reality

Ancient Equestrians would call upon her name for protection in their dreams

Dream walked so Princess Luna could dream run

Somnambula is Luna's favorite pillar and legend

Is celebrated with a statue of her in the center of the town “Somnambula” in modern Equestria. However it incorrectly depicts her as a pegasus pony instead of a bat pony due to wibbly wobbly history record keeping and/or the strange dream like effect that surrounds her

Somnambula’s Weather Abjuration (The Crystalling Part 2 - 16:26) is a spell named after her, though she herself had no hoof in its creation. It’s very likely that this weather ward was made after the perception of Somnambula shifted into her being a pegasus

Somnambula redesign by Orin331

[balkanparamo]

The Sleepwalker: Maximillian Pirner (1854-1924)

[daniel00090]

[nextgenfoals]

Twilight Sparkle x Somnambula

I think she’s a writer :) — mod charm

[lichenbug]

the wheel has chosen.

[mylittlefusions]

the ask got eaten but saffron masala + somnambula for collab month!! mod mushroom did the lines/sketch, and mod jay did the colors!!

her name, haldi, is the hindi word for turmeric, a spice that promotes sleep 💛

[girl-of-stupidology]

It’s still February It’s still February It’s still February It’s still February It’s still Valentines Day It’s still February It’s still February It’s still February It’s still February 😊❤️

(Yippee MORE Sun n’ Shade)

[moon-latte88]

The old guys of the old times

Here the guys by themselves :p

[dabiconcordia]

“I love sleepwalking, because when else would I get to combine exercise and rest?” ― Jarod Kintz

[caw-rky]

So, Pillars 1/? next ! (I am soon beginning to do the mane 6, I have their species but I'm checking if they "fit" with the episodes I'm planning… Cause I decided "And what if I shuffle the episode by putting them in random season and only allowing me to move them after to have around the same number of episodes by seasons?")

After the reign of Grogar the terrible, multiple monsters roamed the world. Some more dangerous than the others. Amongst the worst are the Windigoos. Using the power of discord and animosity between ponykind, they froze the ground and anyone standing in their paths… Ponies tried to run away from them, find a new territory. Bu wherever they ran, the windigoos followed. That until the events of Hearth's Warming, where three tribe leaders and their companions managed to get the creatures to run away, but nopony knew how or why. It is a few years later than Stygian, a triton found and raised by Starswirl the bearded, found the reason. An echo in the nature of the different ponies, reasonnating in the presence of their different abilities. Despite the alicorn's doubts, they formed a group containing ponies of all subspecies. -Starswirl the Bearded, the only adult alicorn at the time and most powerful sorcerer of all Equus. -Clover the Clever, his kirin disciple. A powerful witch and friend of the princess Puddinghead. -Stygian, the only triton not in ocean and thus the only one they know. -Flash Magnus, a legendary unicorn soldier and often-time guard of the alicorns. -Somnambula the earth pony hero of the land from which she has the name. -Rockhoof the crystal pony hero who saved his town from a volcano. -Mistmane the older bat pony hero, whose kindness only equal her previous beauty. -Meadowbrook the legendary pegasus healer.

Together, they managed to make the Windigoos disappear before fighting multiple threats of the world before disappearing, a few decades before the alicorn sisters became princesses of all of Equestria, the united kingdom of ponies.

Next post (that will feature a drawing of a sleeping-pony-pile) will be on the group dynamic, before going on a character-by-character (or possibly two-by-two) post to talk about their story (pre-apparition ofc) and type of pony characteristics.

[littlecowmoo]

Made some human au of the pillars

[character-tournaments]

MLP Tourney: Round 3- Match 11/16

[craftyjellyfishcat]

Mlp dream (Long post)

// This is a dream I had last night. I don't know why I had it. (go to keep reading to read it)

So in it, the villains were attacking Equestria because they were in search of the Young and Mane 12.

It was because they heard an unknown prophecy that involved the elements (My dream never told it but there was a prophecy).

The pillars managed to drive out the villains, but the land took a beating.

After the scum were chased out, the leaders of their respective kingdoms were debating what to do with the future elements of harmony (They were babies in my dream).

They knew as long as the villains knew where future bearers were, they wouldn't stop until they captured the harmony.

Stygian came up with the idea that the bearers be taken to another land with a member of the pillar moving with them.

The dream ended with the children being taken to the new lands with a pillar going with them:

Twilight and Gallus are sent to Abyssina with Starswirl.

Rainbow Dash and Smolder are sent to Griffonstone with Flash Magnus.

Rarity and Ocellus are sent to the Dragon lands with Mistmane.

Applejack and Yona are sent to Mount Aris with Rockhoof.

Fluttershy and Sandbar are sent to Farasi with Mage Meadowbrook.

Pinkie Pie and Silverstream are sent to Yakyakistan with Somnamblua.

Starlight and a Kirin are sent to the Changeling kingdom with Sytgian.

Derpy and a bird are sent to the Thicket.

Sunset Shimmer and an Abyssinan are sent to Peril Peaks.

Trixie and a Diamond Dog are sent to Ornithia.

An Earth Pony and a Deer are sent to where the minotaurs live.

Sunburst and a Minotaur were sent to the crystal empire.

(Derpy, Shimmer, Trixie, The Earth Pony, and Sunburst are accompanied by unknown pillar members.)

[ask-healthy-light]

As they closed their eyes to focus on the Hall of the Map of Friendship, Spike and Eclipse felt the desire to head back home swiftly growing in their hearts, and small smiles grew upon their faces as their eyes welled up with tears; and an aura of peace surrounded them, which Stygian, Celestia, and Luna greatly appreciated, as they took a deep breath, before the three cast their spells in unison.

The colourful beams of magic that emanated from their horns converged into one single bright point, which grew ever brighter, until Luna and Stygian stopped their flow, which gave Celestia the chance to cast their spells, too; and after a wave of magic washed over the massive Mirror on the wall, as well as over Spike and Eclipse, the Mirror slowly faded from view, until it completely disappeared.

When she saw that the Mirror was no longer in the Crystal Castle, Celestia also stopped casting her magic, and with the sound of a water droplet gently falling into the sea, the bright point vanished from sight; and Spike, Twilight, and Eclipse all opened their eyes again, and cleaned their stained faces of the countless tears they shed, before they looked at each other with a bittersweet glance.

While their friends made sure they were all right and sweetly asked them why they were crying, back in Ponyville Palace, many leagues to the South, the five Pillars were waiting for any news from the Princesses; but while Meadowbrook was trying to help Flash Magnus and Rockhoof understand that they had to be patient, and that pacing would not help, Mistmane and Somnambula silently sat and waited.

Only when the ever-tranquil Mistmane sharply inhaled, and told the other Pillars to keep an eye out for any signs of magic that was ahoof, did the two Stallions stop worriedly pacing around, and take their seats around the table again; but no sooner did they sit down when Mistmane swiftly rose from her seat, and pointed to an unadorned wall, which said little, but told all her Old Friends enough.

Fortunately, since Mistmane's heightened sensitivity helped her to feel even the slightest trace of magic that was out of place, she was able to point to the exact position at which Celestia's Mirror would appear; and just like her senses had helped the Pillars in the past by warning them about any inbound magic, she was able to point to the Mirror mere moments before it fell down, and shattered.

With their combined help, the Pillars were able to carefully place the Mirror on the ground without a single scratch, whereafter they were met with the sight of Princess Luna, instead of a reflection of themselves; and after they made sure the Mirror was secure, and could not slide down the wall by accident, Rockhoof solemnly bowed to the Princess, and told her that they were relieved to see her.

After Luna nodded to the Pillars in return, she turned away for a moment to gesture to somebody the Pillars could not see, when Stygian appeared from the side of the Mirror, followed by Celestia, and Eclipse, who was carrying Spike on their back; and after the two groups exchanged polite greetings, Luna grabbed the hoof-held Mirror with her magic, and held it a little further away for the others.

Now the group in the Empire had some breathing room, the Pillars thanked them for looking after the Bearded, and for creating and sending the Mirror to Ponyville so they could stay in touch with him; and after the Princesses told them they were glad to help Starswirl, knowing how much he had helped them in the past, they turned to the others, and said they were heading back to the Medical Centre.

Although there was much more that the Pillars wanted to discuss with the Princesses, and Stygian in particular, they understood that the Royal Sisters had made a promise to the Old Wizard, and merely waved goodbye, just before Celestia and Luna flew away; but when Rockhoof pressed one of his hooves on the ground, the other Pillars dove away, just as he took a deep breath, and loudly bellowed out:

"WE LOOK FORWARD TO THE DAY WE MEET YOU AGAIN!"

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Featuring: Solar Eclipse and Twilight Sparkle as Twilight Eclipse from @asktwilighteclipse

[ithuriels-criativety]

Story Idea: Somnambulism

I am a sleepwalker and it "manifest" when it wants, I have no control of this. As a sleepwalker (I actually talk more than walk) I have some funny histories of doing things when asleep and just discovering it when someone tells me about it. I seriously think a lot of writers are loosing a very funny and creative trait for their characters.

Remember that somnambulism is inherent and has no actual cure (I personally do not think it really needs one, it is not an illness, it is simply a condition).

I will leave some sources now if you are curios about this sleep disorder or interested in applying them to a character, maybe both.

I hope this sources can helpfull. If you need some more you can try searching for specific cases of sleepwalking in real cases and some personal experience and stories of people on the internet! You can ask me ass well, but I am a very boring sleepwalker so don't be too disappointed with my personal experience as I warn you in advance.

There are some midia shows and others that can help you in case you want to apply this trait in your character. I myself do not recommend to blindly inspire yourself in extreme or dramatic cases displayed in cartoons, movies, series, books and so on, but it is a good place to start I think.

There is an episode in 911 where a sleepwalker, who sleeps naked (????), steals a car and drive to the firehouse, I cannot tell if it is too exaggerated to be possible but it made me a bit uncomfortable with the way they displayed it, but it was funny.

It came to my attention that a great part of the mídia is interested in utilizing this disorder in terror and horror genre, I cannot say I am against it actually. I never did anything too dangerous or too creepy, but the idea of not knowing what happened when you were unconscious is terrifying. I advised that when using sleepwalking this way to not put your character as the one who does creepy stuff, it is more believable (and interesting) that they're the victim or something like that.

Also, please remember that sleepwalkers are not responsible for whatever they do, it is not like when you're drunk and do things you would never do sober, they're dreaming and most likely do not understand their surroundings!

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Commission for Chelicera.

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Huh, turns out you can put a tank through a Stargate.

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